SF leaders hate Trump enough they just voted to limit the city's water rather than do this

Sacramento Bee & MSN News ^ | 30 Oct 2018 | Ryan Sabalow and Dale Kasler

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[full title -San Francisco leaders hate Trump enough they just voted to limit the city's water rather than do this ]

For months, San Francisco, a hotbed of anti-Donald Trump sentiment, has found itself in the awkward position of being aligned with his administration over California water policy.

On Tuesday, the city's leaders said the alliance was unbearable.

In an 11-0 vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors agreed in a resolution to support the State Water Resources Control Board's proposal to leave more water in the San Joaquin River and its tributaries to benefit struggling fish populations. The supervisors' vote is subject to veto by Mayor London Breed, although the board could override the veto.

The vote splits the city from the Trump administration and instead moves its support to a state plan that its utilities commission warns could lead to severe drinking water shortages for its nearly 884,000 residents.

The resolution explicitly says the city must divorce itself from the Trump administration and its congressional allies such as Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, who's branded the state plan a "water grab." The Trump administration has vowed to sue the state if the so-called Bay-Delta plan goes forward, saying it would interfere with the operation of key reservoirs owned by the federal government in the San Joaquin Valley.

"Under the cloud of climate change denial and anti-science populism, the debate around the Bay-Delta Plan has transcended the realm of rational, environmental discourse toward a political and populist, anti-conservation rally cry, fueled by the strategic lobbying of a federal Republican administration aiming to destabilize California's status as a Democratic stronghold," the resolution says.

[Pollard]

We saved the little fishes, yay, but then we died

[ModelBreaker]

“I am willing to bet that if they did a man on the street interviews of the people of SF (in other words not tourists) most would not even have a clue where their water actually comes from.”

They think Los Angeles steals all of their water.

[VanShuyten]

Sea water would work well for that. Of course, they’ll have to purify any runoff, or Pres. Trump’s EPA will fine them for polluting San Francisco Bay.

I never get tired of winning!

[jmclemore]

I've heard liberals and Hilliary all claim that a return to civility can only happen when democrats regain control. I've also seen toddlers and teens take the same stand when they want something. Seeing grown liberals flailing around the floor kicking and screaming..... Priceless......

[EQAndyBuzz]

Speaking of water, any news on the water shortage in South Africa? Last I heard, Israel offered to help with water desalination and the new government told them to piss off.